$144 million settlement what America needs to face.

Being poor isn’t a choice and isn’t a character flaw. It’s the natural byproduct of a society that turns a blind eye to how the most vulnerable among us are mercilessly exploited.

After nearly a decade of dominance that culminated in a Republican winning Wisconsin in a presidential race for the first time in 32 years in 2016, conservatives have won just four of 14 statewide races (and one was unopposed). How did the right go so wrong?

The trouncing that Daniel Kelly received at the hands of Justice-Elect Janet Protaseiwicz was a triumph for progressive forces in Wisconsin and a final repudiation of Scott Walker’s counter-revolution.

On top of the very beatable Tony Evers only five months ago, Wisconsin Republicans are on the schneid.

Beyond the election results, who were the other people, groups and trends that won or lost?

Liberal Janet Protasiewicz beat her grouchy conservative opponent by 11 points after campaigning on abortion access and fairer voting maps.

Please join me in urging the passage of the All Copays Count legislation here in the Badger State, and in asking our members of Congress to support the HELP Act this year.

Conservative opponent Daniel Kelly is bitter in defeat.

The brittle, harsh, and truly troubling display from Kelly alerted the television audience that Midwestern niceness is not a trait equally shared.

If Republicans like LaMahieu were honest they’d admit that the reason they want the governor to call a new election to fill La Follette’s post is — if they can get a Republican elected — they want to return election oversight to the office.

There is a precedent in Wisconsin for technical colleges that offer both occupational education and baccalaureate credits. Three of the five dual-track technical colleges in Wisconsin have branded themselves as Madison College, Nicolet College out of Rhinelander and Western College out of La Crosse. They serve surrounding counties.

A strong body of scientific evidence: “Highly likely” that both genetics and environment contribute substantially to autism.

As long as we’re going to eat a pig’s rear, we might as well consider the rest of the animal and, in most cases, the miserable lives they are forced to endure before being slaughtered.

Once the envy of the world, our education system has been debased by the destructive culture of low expectations.

The pretense of election used as a hostile take over of Wisconsin’s democracy.

Recently, Wisconsin Watch revealed how members of the Wisconsin Legislature’s powerful budget committee secretly hold up projects or programs they don’t like. 

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